A beginners guide to all the technical and business aspects of cloud computing and how it affects your organization.We've all heard of cloud computing and the chances are you are already using it when we access e-mail, watch videos online or listen to music but what exactly is it?

CompTIA Security+ certification is the most popular entry-level certification for IT security professionals. Earning the certification means passing an exam covering six domains of information security. The first domain, network security, is covered by this course. Network security builds the vital barrier between your network and the world. This training course introduces the fundamental concepts of securing a network, as needed to pass the exam. Instructor Mike Chapple includes an overview of the TCP/IP network suite and the tools used to secure network devices such as routers and switches. He also dives into threat management, network segmentation, cloud computing and virtualization, and ongoing management of secure networks.

Take this comprehensive prep course for CompTIA's Network+ exam (N10-006) to learn how to implement non-standard network solutions. This is part 6 of a 7-part series, brought to you by a partnership between lynda.com and Total Seminars, and based on Mike Meyer's gold standard CompTIA Network+ All-in-One Exam Guide, 6th edition. This course covers wireless networking, virtualization, cloud computing (including IaaS and SaaS), and real-world network designs.

The Security+ curriculum covers many areas of network security, including cloud security, encryption, security protocols, system security and network infrastructure. Our free online CompTIA Security+ training is ideal for network administrators, security consultants, security engineers, security analysts and people looking to enter into cyber security. Learn about general security concepts, basics of cryptography, communications security and operational and organizational security. With the increase of major security breaches that are occurring, security experts are needed now more than ever.

CompTIA–Authorized courseware for the Cloud Essentials Exam (CLO–001) What better way to get up to speed on cloud computing than with this new book in the popular Sybex Essentials series? Cloud Essentials covers the basics of cloud computing and its place in the modern enterprise.

CompTIA (which stands for the Computing Technology Industry Association) is a not-for-profit trade association providing the technology community standards in the areas of Internet-enabled service provision, e-commerce, vendor-neutral technical certification, CRM, public policy, workforce development and training. Representing the converging computing and communications market, CompTIA has more than 9,000 corporate members in 63 countries, and thousands of individual professional members. Almost half a million individuals worldwide have earned CompTIA certifications. Initially a lightly-regarded certification, CompTIA has shown its resilience, as evidenced by the recent announcement by Microsoft that a combination of their certifications, either A+/Net+ or A+/Server+ are viable and acceptable replacements for the newly designated MCSA certification from Microsoft. CompTIA has also proven its mettle in protecting its certification properties, having recently won lawsuits against www.cheet-sheets.com and TroyTech for infringing on their intellectual properties. Both business subsequently ceased operations. CompTIA certifications cover everything from building, maintaining an servicing a computer to web development. Over a half-million professionals to date have earned CompTIA certification